Ack! I just discovered that Elsevier has decided to discontinue Web Editions for academic and government customers. New Web Editions customers can sign up until March 31st 2007. However, all Web Editions will be discontinued as of March 31st 2008.

According to Elsevier, Web Editions no longer meet the needs of its customers. ScienceDirect says it has alternative subscription options for Web Editions customers to consider when they are forced to give it up.

Ugh. I am not looking forward to trying to piece together some sort of package that my library can afford. At least we have some advance notice. I am still quite irritated at Ovid's last minute discontinuation of their LWW Hospital Library consortia collection that I struggled to get the previous year, only to see Ovid disband it in December before I went on maternity leave.